SZÉCHENYI ISTVÁN

 

Széchenyi István was born in one of the richest noble families in 1791. He was the initiator of the reform movements, which started in the 1820's as well as an excellent writer and politician and the founder of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. He was also Minister of Transportation in the first independent Hungarian government (1848) and the creator of the first permanent bridge between Pest and Buda over the river Danube, called the Chain Bridge.

The University has had the name of Széchenyi István since 1986.